NOTES' ON GUAjTEOVLALAN BIRDS WETMQiRE 545 



TROGON VIOLACEUS SALLAEI Bonaparte 



Trogon sallaci Bonapakte, Compt. Rend., vol. 42, 1856, p. 955 (Orizaba, Veracruz, 

 Mexico). 



On November 29 and 30 gartered trogons were common about a 

 fig tree in fruit at an elevation of 3,200 feet below Las Lajas. The 

 fig, of medium size, stood in a coffee finca where the growth was fairly 

 open, and it was interesting to see eight or ten of these pretty birds 

 flying in and out to perch among its branches. 



Identification of this bird is in accordance with the treatment of 

 Peters ^^ and the acceptance of van Rossem's statement ^^^ as to the 

 proper subspecific name. 



Family ALCEDINIDAE 



MEGACERYLE ALCYON (Linnaeus) : Belted Kingfisher 



Alcedo alcyon Linnaeits, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 115 (South 

 Carolina). 



Kingfishers were fairly common on the shores of Lake Atitlan on 

 November 9 to 15, and several were seen near Puerto Barrios on 

 December 4. While no specimens were taken it is supposed that they 

 were of the eastern subspecies. 



CHLOROCERYLE AMERICANA SEPTENTRIONALIS (Sharpe) 



Ceryle septentrionalis Shaepe, Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum, 

 vol. 17, 1892, p. 134 (Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico) . 



Along the shore of Lake Atitlan these small kingfishers were 

 common. Females were taken in the vicinity of Panajachel on No- 

 vember 10 and 12. When one captured a small fisli a grackle swooped 

 at it while the kingfisher chattered in protest and dashed away holding 

 its prey. 



The two taken measure as follows : Wing 88.5, 89.8, tail 64.4, 65.0, 

 culmen from base 45.5, 48.3, tarsus 9.8, 10.5 mm. In size these agree 

 with septentrionalis ^ being distinctly larger than isthmica. They are 

 also lighter green above and whiter below, Tliere are other specimens 

 from Guatemala in the National Museum tliat I ascribe to septen- 

 trionalis from Palin, Cajabon, and Coban. Griscom '^^ considered 

 that Guatemalan birds are intermediate but nearer to isfh^rvica, but 

 birds that can properly be called septentrionalis range to the south 

 through El Salvador. 



i^Bull. Mus. Comp. ZoOl., vol. 69, 1920, p. 434. 



«a Ibid., vol. 77, 19.34, p. 392. 



"Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 44, 1932, p. 181. 



